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Sex with the French: Ten things you need to know

We've enlisted the help of the entertaining sex columnist for France's GQ Magazine, Maïa Mazaurette, to help clear up a few myths, answer a few important questions, and offer some advice when it comes to sex with the French.

How do the French really view sex?: There's no moral hangs up about sex in France, she says. "Having sex on the first night is not going to affect anything, you can still marry each other. There’s no link to morality," says Mazaurette. "In the US they are good at inventing terms like “marriage material” or “hook ups”. Here we have sex because it’s a cool activity. If something physical is happening, just enjoy it". Basically it's pretty straightforward, she says.